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Patent GB-190708578-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Turbines.
Inventor: HOLZWARTH HANS
Filed: 1907-04-12
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 8578. Holzwarth, H., and Junghans, E. April 12, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Elastic-fluid turbines. - The turbine shown in Fig. 11 is driven by the products of combustion of gases, which are exploded in a number of similar combustion chambers 8 spaced around the periphery of the turbine. The explosions, which take place successively in the chambers 8, are controlled by a rotary valve, which may be driven by independent means. Only one chamber and its fittings are described as they are all alike. Air under pressure is introduced to the chamber from a common annular pressure chamber 12 at times determined by a valve 14, and gas under a proportionately higher pressure is similarly admitted from a common annular chamber 13. The valves 14, 15 are operated by oil under pressure, which is admitted beneath pistons 17 integral with the valves. The oil is .controlled by a rotary valve 37, Fig. 3, the hollow centre of which is filled with oil under pressure, and communicates successively with pipes 26, 29, which lead to the pistons 17, as it is rotated by the external means 40. The explosion of the gases opens the valve 10, which is thereafter held open by the piston 19, to which oil is supplied from the pipe 32, Fig. 3 ; or the valve may be opened initially by the oil. The valves are closed when the pipes 26, 29, 32 again communicate with the annular space outside the valve into which the oil can discharge. The valve spindle also carries a contact disk 55 and a pump 50 for circulating the oil. Fig. 10 shows the sparking-devices. There are six coils for the six combustion chambers, and the primary coils are closed by contacts 57 and an arm 58, the serrated surface of which causes a number of rapid breaks. Fig. 5 shows a modification with tangentially - arranged combustion chambers and nozzles, and Fig. 6 shows a modification in which the air and gas chambers 12, 13 are arranged on opposite sides of the combustion chamber. Owing to the proximity of the air and gas chambers to the combustion chamber, the gases are heated prior to entry into the latter. As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the rod of the valve controlling the nozzle passes through the combustion chamber, but the preferable construction is that shown in Fig. 11, in which the rod does not enter the combustion chamber at all.
Patent GB-190709179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Submarine Mines, Torpedoes, and the like.
Inventor: LEON KARL OSKAR
Filed: 1907-04-19
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 9179. Leon, K. O. April 24, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Torpedoes and explosive m i n e s.- A submarine mine which can be ejected from a tube like a torpedo is designed to sink after floating for a predetermined time at a given depth, and is provided with means whereby its travel and vertical movements may be controlled. The casing 1, shaped like a torpedo to allow of its ejection through a tube, contains the explosive charge 15, a chamber 5 for highlycompressed gas, and a chamber 3, to and from which water is admitted and expelled through a tube 4 for regulating the depth of immersion of the mine. Tubes 8, 9 communicate with the tube 6 of the high-pressure chamber 5 by a threeway cock 7, which is actuated as the external pressure varies on the rise or fall of the mine by a lever 11 connected to a bellows-like or other device 12 to which the external water has access. When the mine is insufficiently immersed and the external pressure is too low, water passes through the pipe 4 to the chamber 3, from which the air is expelled through the pipes 9, 8 and the cock 7, and the mine slowly sinks. As the external pressure increases, the bellows 12 push down the valve-rod 11, gradually closing the cock and shutting off the connexion between the tubes 8, 9. If the mine sinks below the normal depth of immersion, the continued movement of the cork opens the connexion between the tubes 6, 9, whereupon the highly compressed gas enters the chamber 3 and expels the water through the tube 4 until the mine has risen to the normal level. When the supply of high-pressure gas, which may be a gas easily absorbed in water, in the chamber 5 is exhausted, the mine slowly sinks. The length of time during which the mine floats depends upon the section of the gas exhaust pipe, and the time may be lengthened by attaching to the casing a parachute 19 which opens after the mine has been ejected. Adjustable steering-vanes 22 are provided to determine the direction in which the mine moves after ejection. By dispensing with the parachute 19 and increasing the size of the tubes connecting the chambers 3, 5, the mine may be rendered capable of making large and rapid vertical movements, such as would enable it to pass below torpedo nets. Known means for exploding the mine when struck may be employed in place of the spring-pressed horns 16 and the electric circuit, and the premature explosion of the mine when ejected may be prevented by providing in the electric circuit an auxiliary contact actuated after a certain time by clock-work or otherwise.
Patent GB-190710750-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process and Apparatus for Treating Ore or like Material by the Aid of Heat.
Inventor: REID JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1907-05-08
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 10,750. Reid, J. H. May 8. Sulphur is obtained in the treatment of sulphurous ore in a process for the extraction of metals from complex ore which is carried out by stages, the various volatile products being withdrawn at those parts of the process at which they are freed. The material to be treated falls through a series of chambers A, B, C referably heated electrically, the temperature of the chambers being independently variable. Each chamber is provided with an outlet h for withdrawing the volatile matter liberated therein, suitable condensers being provided. The electrodes F, G are adjustable so as to vary the temperature in the chambers. The temperature is arranged so that sulphur is liberated in the first chamber.
Patent GB-190711900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Vulcanising of Repairs to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: ANSELMI ERNESTO
Filed: 1907-05-22
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 11,900. Anselmi, E. May 22. India-rubber, vulcanizing.-Comprises a portable vulcanizing-apparatus for tyres. The injured portion of the tyre is prepared in the usual way and is placed in a screw clamp between a rubber pad p and a metal plate r, which is separated from the patch m to be vulcanized by a piece q of parchment. Immediately above the plate r is a large plate g of copper or other good heat-conducting material, projecting sufficiently to enable it to be heated from below by a spirit lamp e and insulated above by asbestos or the like l. A metal tube k containing wax is soldered on to the plate g to enable the temperature to be regulated. The tyre is shielded from the direct heat of the flame by a piece of asbestos s. The clamp is mounted upon the bottom of the case a in which the various accessories are carried.
Patent GB-190713893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Steering Vessels.
Inventor: STEIN FERDINAND
Filed: 1907-06-15
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 13,893. Stein, F. June 15. Rudders; jury gear.-Relates to an auxiliary rudder placed at the bow of a vessel and to a rudder-carrying frame of the type which embraces the bow and is capable of being raised and lowered. The frame consists of two plates a having arms b, r, distance-pieces d, e, and holes v for carrying the pintles m of the rudder i. The hoisting-rope n passes from a lug h over a pulley q to the windlass q<1>; or the frame may be raised by a crane. The plates b form stops for the rudder in its extreme position, while the plates r carry rollers g which run in grooves, as shown in Fig. 3. The distancepieces d carry rollers f for guiding the steering- chains o, which pass from the rudder over rollers f, p to the windlass or to the main steering-gear.
Patent GB-190718814-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Continuous Spinning and Twisting Machines.
Inventor: SIDDLE JOHN FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-08-21
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 18,814. Siddle, J. F., Spencer, F. J., and Siddle, C. W. Aug. 21. Combined drawing and twisting arrangements ; twist tubes.-Rovings, slubbings, or condensed ends are drawn and twisted by two or more hollow revolving tubes e and spun directly on ring, flyer, or cap spindles. Each tube e is driven by a band and wharle e' and carries a cross-stud or spindle i, round which the yarn is passed one or more times and which is rotated on its axis by a band and wharle g and bevel-gearing g<1>. The tubes are driven at successively increasing speeds in order to draw the yarn. The spindle i may be grooved to receive the yarn, and may be enamelled, polished, or coated with antifriction material. A pair of drawing-rollers may be provided between the last tube and the winding-on spindle. Two or more threads may be spun on to one spindle in producing fancy yarns.
Patent GB-190722932-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for Carbonating Liquids.
Filed: 1907-10-17
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 22,932. Webster, R. W., Chew, L., and West & Co, H. J. Oct. 17. Aerating liquids.-In aerating liquids, in the preparation of mineral waters &c., the liquid is saturated with gas under pressure and is subsequently cooled and bottled without reducing the pressure. The liquid to be aerated is forced through an atomizing-nozzle f into a closed chamber a, immersed in a refrigerating-tank c and supplied continuously with gas from a pipe k. The aerated liquid collecting in the chamber a is further cooled either by being drawn off through a coiled pipe b, also immersed in the tank c, or by a coiled pipe placed inside the chamber a through which the refrigerating-agent is passed before being passed into the outer tank c. When liquid is supplied to the atomizing-nozzle f by a pump g, the delivery pipe h opens into a chamber i which acts as an air cushion to absorb the pulsations of the pump.
Patent GB-190724094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-loading Barrel Recoil Ordnance.
Filed: 1907-10-31
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 24,094. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. Dec. 31, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Ordnance breech mechanism; ; loading-appliances. -Fig. 2 is a sectional rear elevation of an automatic gun, and Figs. 5 and 7 are sectional side elevations upon the lines 5-5 and 7-7, Fig. 2, respectively. The cartridges are fed from the shoot F, which has a waiting-tray f 3 at the mouth, on to a loading-tray i<1> carried by an arm J pivoted at i<3>. The L-shaped rammer K is pivoted at k<2> upon an horizontal axis which is slightly inclined to the transverse axis of the gun so that, w h e n withdrawn, the rammer will move out of the path of the ejected cartridge cases ; the rammer is provided with two arms k<5>, k<4>. When a slide N is driven from a rearward position into the forward position shown in Fig. 7 by a loading-spring located in a casing M, the arms k<3>, k<4> are engaged in turn by a pivoted arm n<5> on the slide N to move the rammer forwards to effect the loading, and by a lug n<4> on the slide to retract the rammer after loading, both operations being per formed during the forward motion of the slide. An incline k<7> upon the side of the rammer K strikes a camplate i<7> upon the arm J during the ramming-stroke, and rocks the loading-tray into loading position, so that the rammer, as it continues to advance, can push the cartridge into the open breech. The slide N is driven rearwards, and the loading- spring is compressed, by the recoil, and the slide is then held by a pawl mounted upon a rock - shaft m<8>, to which is coupled a shaft q<1> carrying a tripping- lever Q. To ensure the proper action of the pawl, a toe q<3> on the lever Q is engaged by a spring- pressed rod q<5>, the spring q<4> of which is compressed by a lug a<8> on the gun barrel A during the recoil. At the end of the counter-recoil, the breech is automatically opened in the usual manner ; the ejected cartridge case strikes the lever Q and thereby rocks the shaft q<1>, which trips the retaining-pawl and sets the loading-mechanism into operation. The cartridges are retained in the hopper by pivoted retaining-arms G, G', which are locked in operative position by a lever g<3>, g<4> actuated by an arm i<6> on the loading-tray i<1>. When the breech is closed, a projection c<2> on the breechblock C swings the loading-tray back into the receiving position, and effects the release and withdrawal of the retaining-arms. The firing-lever R, r' is locked by a lever S<1> in the cartridge shoot, when the last cartridge has been fed into the gun. In a modification, the rammer is in the form of an endless-chain with tappets, and is mounted upon the side of the loading-tray. The rammer-actuating device in its initial movement rocks the loading- trav from the receiving to the loading position. Mountings.-The recoil apparatus comprises a recoil-cylinder a<2> formed in the breech-end of the gun barrel, and return springs b<2> arranged in boxes b<4> of rectangular cross-section in the cradle.
Patent GB-190724099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wheel Rims.
Inventor: STANDING WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-10-31
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 24,099. Standing, W. Oct. 31. Felloes or rims. - A detachable tyre-carrying rim is secured by hook members fastened to a bonding-band and passed through or into the felloe, with lockin pieces adapted to fit on to the stems of the hooked members on the other side of the rim and felloe. Hook bolts H are housed in transverse recesses f<1> provided at a convenient number of points round the felloe, and are welded or secured in any other suitable manner to the bonding-band B, the heads h<3> of the bolts fitting into lateral recesses f<2> in the felloe and into recesses in the edge of the bonding-band. On the other side of the wheel, removable plates h<4> are slipped on the ends of the bolts and secured in position by nuts, these plates being also housed in recesses in the felloe and bonding-band. The base of the rim R is thickened relatively to the flanges, and is provided with recesses r' to receive the bolt heads h<3> and the removable plates h<4>. In some cases, perforations may be made at the curve of the rim, instead of thickening the base and providing recesses r<1>.
Patent GB-190724754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Rifles.
Inventor: WARNANT-CREON JULIEN
Filed: 1907-11-08
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 24,754. CrÚon, J. Warnant. Nov. 8. Breech actions, sliding breech-block.-In an automatic rifle, the breechblock 1 is momentarily locked at the time of discharge by a pivoted catch 30, Fig. 2, which, on the trigger being pulled, is swung up into engagement with the breechblock by the hammer 12. The catch 30 is so arranged that the initial pressure due to the recoil is in the direction of the hammer pivot 13. The breech-block return spring 22, Figs. 4 and 5, acts on a sliding rod 21 having cranked end which engages a recess 20 in the side of the breechblock 1. The front end of the rod 21 abuts against a slide 27 for hand operation. To enable the hammer to be cocked by hand; an external lever is fixed to the pivot. A single spring acts between the sear 18 and trigger 15. The searreleasing arm 19 has a projecting nose 34 which, when the trigger is pulled, knocks against the end of the trigger guard and causes the other end to swing up and release the sear. A safety slide 36, acting on the sear-releasing arm, is provided at the rear of the trigger guard.
Patent GB-190808308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: DAVY WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1908-04-14
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 8308. Davy, W. J. April 14. [Cognate Application No. 9862, A.D. 1908, dated May 6.] Globes and holders therefor.-In an enclosed flame-arc lamp the enclosure is so arranged that a current of gas passes upwards through its whole length to a separate condensing-chamber. In one arrangement an outer globe c is held against a ring a, and an inner globe d against an insulated ring b, which carries a glass cylinder e and a metal cylinder i. These form a chimney for gases, which return between the metal cylinder and an outer casing n, through holes in the ring b, and between the glass cylinder and inner globe. In another arrangement the ring b is imperforate, and air is admitted through holes in the ring a to the outer globe. Thence the air passes through small holes in a nut supporting the inner globe and in the lower carbonholder, which in this arrangement closes the reduced end of the glass cylinder ; outlets are provided in the casing near its lower end.
Patent GB-190811149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to 'Figure Eight' 'Switchback' or similar Railways.
Inventor: PICKARD ALFRED BARNES
Filed: 1908-05-22
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 11,149. Pickard, A. B. May 22. Railways for recreation.-Switchback and similar gravity railways are provided with retarding-devices by means of which the speed of some or all of the cars may be reduced. The car D runs on plain rails C and is provided with horizontally-projecting wheels F, which bear against vertical rails G carried on flexible arms H. Horizontal spindles K carrying cams L are mounted in bearings on uprights J which form part of the track. The spindles K have projecting arms K<1> connected by links M with a movable rod N, so that, by moving the rod N, the cams may be turned to force the rails G inwards and retard or stop the car. The vertical rails G may also be carried on horizontal spring-controlled pins sliding in the uprights J. They may also be carried on vertical arms pivoted to the framework, the arms being drawn inwards by cranks turned by the rod N. The car may also be provided with blocks carried on transverse rods and forced against the side rails by a hand-lever in the car. The wheels F may also be replaced by rubbing-boards against which the side rails G are pressed.
Patent GB-190811458-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: MULRENAN JOHN CHARLES
Filed: 1908-05-26
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 11,458. Mulrenan, J. C., Sanger, J., and Mayers, J. May 26. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Bottles, non-refillable. - A valve casing a, having a restricted mouth c adapted to receive a stopper d or a pouring-tap, is enclosed in a cork sheath a' and pushed into the neck of the bottle where it is retained by spring catches h, which enter recesses h<1> in the neck. At the lower end b of the casing is a flap valve e, which is controlled by a weak spring. Tampering is prevented by perforated baffle-plates f, g, the holes in one plate being arranged along a diameter and the other plate in a circle.
Patent GB-190816266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Change Speed Gears.
Inventor: SAUSSARD LOUIS ALCIDE
Filed: 1908-07-31
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 16,266. Saussard, L. A. July 31, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Motor road vehicles.-An epicyclic spur-gear train is combined with a disk-and-roller or like variable gear to form a change-speed and reversing gear suitable for motor-vehicles. The driving-element of the train, a planet-carrier A, is connected by a sleeve C to the friction disk B, and the whole is driven through bevel-gearing H, L from a power shaft F. The driven element of the train is an internally-toothed ring D secured to a differential casing M which drives the part-axles E. The planet-pinions S mesh with the ring D and also with a sun-pinion G, which is connected by a sleeve N and bevel-gearing P, Q to a shaft V parallel to the disk B. A friction roller O slides on a feather on the shaft V across the disk B and, by varying the speed of the pinion G, varies the speed and direction of rotation of the ring D &c. As the roller O approaches the centre of the disk B the speed of the ring D increases, and maximum speed is attained when the roller O slips clear of the disk B by coming opposite an annular recess W in the disk. The shaft V is swivel-mounted in bearings T, J so as to allow the maximum speed to be made positive by sliding the pinion P to the left until claws X upon it engage similar claws on the end of the sleeve C. In the case of heavy vehicles, the pinion O may be provided with domeshaped teeth as shown in Fig. 4. The Specification in the original form, as open to public inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises also the arrangement shown in Fig. 5. The planetcarrier 3 and a cup-shaped friction member 11 are driven simultaneously by the power shaft 1 as before, but in opposite directions. The sun-pinion 8 is driven through a cone-shaped friction member 12 geared to the member 11 by rollers 20 of variable obliquity. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190816783-A (GB)
Title: Tool Guide Applied to Apparatus for Forming Angular Grooves in Wood.
Inventor: JAEGLER CARL
Filed: 1908-08-10
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 16,783. Jagler, C. Aug. 8, .1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Trenching &c.- In tool guides applied to apparatus for cutting angular grooves in wood for windows &c., the carriage b of the rotary tool a has an extension c, which is provided with an angular projection e, the angle of which is equal to the angle between the faces of the guide path f. The faces of the projection e slide on, and may be dovetailed into, the faces of the guide path f. The tool carriage b is actuated by means of a lever g pivoted at h.
Patent GB-190820963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Preventing or Minimising the Escape of Visible Exhaust Gases or Vapours from Internal Combustion Engines, Furnaces and the like.
Inventor: PEARCE-TOWL ALFRED
Filed: 1909-05-03
Granted: 1910-05-03
Abstract: 20,963. Towl, A. Pearce-, and Biscoe, H. S. T. May 3, 1909. Gas engines, purifying exhaust from. The exhaust gases are freed from smoke and other visible impurities by passing them through a serie s of conical converging jets of water. Fig. 1 illustrates the invention in connexion with a smoke-stack or funnel A in which the jets are formed by a series of decreasing rings C perforated on one side to emit a series of cones of liquid spray as shown by dotted lines. Fig. 4 shows the invention applied to a motor road vehicle. The conical spraying vessel B is mounted between the silencer G and a tank from which the purified products escape at H and the liquid returns to the circulating pump E.
Patent GB-190824428-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of a New Pharmaceutical Compound
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-11-13
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 24,428. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Nov. 13. p - - Aminophenylarsonates. - Mercuric-p - amino - phenylarsonate is produced by treating the free organic acid or its salts with a mercury salt.